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Hi folks, let me start by apologizing, I know I’ve already mentioned a bunch of these models in the past, but I only just got around to getting them out of their boxes last week! I hope you don’t mind me sharing a few pictures.

I went to the Imola swap meet over the weekend. As usual the best and brightest scale model purveyors had made the trip as well. This year I ended up with a 100% Ferrari HAWL. I managed to pick up a yellow 550 Maranello, which was missing from my current colour palette. The same vendor also had a burgundy one, however…

I once went on a management course. You know those useless days away from real work, which serve only to have your inbox pile up with shit you really should be looking at, but instead you spend time getting in touch with who you are and daydreaming in shifts either about that new slipper clutch for the track bike or…

Because when you get bored watching movies you pull out your phone and open the eBay app, one thing leads to another and you end up with two new models on their way! This time I’ve gone with a couple of Ottomobile products.

This time I’m off to Mugello. The hillclimb is barely a mile from the paddock and we’re going to be based there. We arrive on Friday morning and witness the final stages of a big international regularity run/rally event which makes us all feel like peasants. After seeing four Ferrari 250SWBs in a row, several E-Type…

No camera for me this year, so all the pictures are taken with my phone. Unfortunately I also had to leave before the entire caravan of cars had passed by, no great loss because this year’s event was noticeably less interesting than in previous years. The Mille Miglia is great for the participating cars if you like…

I’m back again! 2016 sees my Mini on the receiving end of some much needed love and attention. At the final race of 2015 it was smelling horrible and not revving anywhere near as high as it should have been. During winter it’s been treated to a top end refresh, new shock absorbers and joy of joys a fresh set of…

The year is 2013, I have spent 11 months with the most underwhelming, slow and downright unpleasant motorcycle ever produced (a Triumph Thruxton in case you’re wondering). I am overcome by the desire to try something radically different. I therefore purchase an Aprilia Tuono V4. It’s utterly insane. No naked bike…

As I look at my collection I can’t help but think about how much the models I so adore have changed since I started this 25 years ago. I’m extremely fortunate to still have every single 1/18 car I ever bought or received, some are completely ruined, some are pristine, but they’re all there and the stories they tell…

Once upon a time I was out for a ride with my Aprilia RS125. I was a highly impressionable 17 year old and in the distance I heard the unmistakable rumble of a hard-ridden Ducati. It was being chased by something else, something altogether more soulful, something angry with the world, an anger which caused it to wail…

I used to be a motorcycle racer, I used to be cool. I was never any good at it, it was an excuse to do something cool. It was never about winning, it was about going back to work on Monday morning and listening to people talking about watching football or going to Ikea and smiling to myself and telling them ‘I raced a…

Nowadays I’ve found myself a set type of 1/18 to collect. Martini, Jaegermeister, McLaren F1s. ‘Twas not always the case though, there used to be a time when anything took my fancy, here’s a quick look at some of my other models.

I know it’s not a Porsche, but Mercedes and Porsche collaborated on building the performance version of the W124 because Mercedes didn’t have the capacity/desire/interest to do it in their factory. If you knew that already, congratulations, you’re the type of person who my wife would never let me invite around to…

Die-cast models have changed a lot in the recent past. I got my first 1/18 model at age six back in 1991 and if I look back over how these models have evolved (and I will in the near future, based on my experience) I can see some significant changes. Throughout my time collecting them there have been some big shifts,…

First of all thanks to androoo for giving me the idea. I chased this damn thing around so many license tests that at one point I lost the will to live (I’m not very good at video games). I have however finally been able to catch it and lock it up with its JDM friends.

Many moons ago I purchased a Truescale Miniatures Martini Porsche 936. Said model arrived gloriously dissasembled and I was too intimidated by it to ever actually take it out of the box. You may recall these images from the mists of the past.

Hi folks, I apologize if someone has already posted details of this model before, but I don’t spend nearly as much time as I would like on LaLD. I would also like to apologize for the fact that my pictures are terrible, but I was in a bit of a rush and I hope you won’t hold it against me.